Abbott Butte Pit

Producer in Deschutes county in Oregon, United States with commodity Pumice
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177217
MRDS ID OR05563
MAS/MILS ID 0410170086
Record type Site
Current site name Abbott Butte Pit
Alternate or previous names Camp Abbott Pit
Related records 10052764

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -121.38722, 43.86453 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deschutes(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anns Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Pine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Deschutes(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Deschutes National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Deschutes

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020 S 011 E 03 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -121.38722, 43.86453

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Deschutes County Public Works Department
    ID 3502437
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 09-0139

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/24/1980
MSHA mine ID3502437
Mine name (MSHA)Camp Abbot Pit
Current operatorRock Process Inc
Current controller (parent)Richard L Gilliland
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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